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Free: Download Over 33,000 Sounds from the BBC Sound Effects Archive
There may be a few young people in Britain today who recognize the name Ludwig Koch, but in the nineteen-forties, he constituted something of a cultural phenomenon unto himself. He “started recording sounds and voices in the 1880s when he was still a child” in his native Germany, says the website of the BBC. After fleeing from the Nazis, he settled in England, which created the opportunity for the Beeb to acquire his collection of field recordings, using it to start building its own library of nature sounds. Soon, Koch “became a household name as a nature broadcaster,” and his “distinct German accent and eccentric location recordings became so well known that he was parodied by Peter Sellers.”
You can hear 168 of Koch’s field recordings at the online archive of BBC Sound Effects, whose digital holdings have in recent years grown to include over 33,000 different sounds from various sources, spanning more than a century.
“These include clips made by the BBC Radiophonic workshop, recordings from the Blitz in London, special effects made for BBC TV and Radio productions, as well as 15,000 recordings from the Natural History Unit archive,” says its About page. “You can explore sounds from every continent — from the college bells ringing in Oxford to a Patagonian waterfall — or listen to a submarine klaxon or the sound of a 1969 Ford Cortina door slamming shut.”
The BBC has made all these recordings free for your own non-commercial use, as long as you credit where they came from. To put them into a commercial project, you can license them by clicking “Show details,” and then the “Buy sound” button that appears right below. The archive also offers a “mixer mode,” which lets you “layer, edit and re-order clips from the archive to create your own sounds,” potentially mashing up a wide variety of times and places into a single soundscape. A chacma baboon wielding a laser in a Belgian café, for instance, or a laughing woman brewing a kettle of water at a bullfight in Spain: hardly the sort of aural scenes that would be introduced by Ludwig Koch, granted, but here in the twenty-first century, the only limit is your imagination. Enter the BBC Sound Effects Archive here.
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Based in Seoul, Colin Marshall writes and broadcasts on cities, language, and culture. His projects include the Substack newsletter Books on Cities and the book The Stateless City: a Walk through 21st-Century Los Angeles. Follow him on Twitter at @colinmarshall or on Facebook.
Read More...The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online
If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart from other manuscripts of the same period by the quality of its artwork and the sheer number of illustrations that run throughout the 680 pages of the book.” The work not only attracts scholars, but almost a million visitors to Dublin every year. “You simply can’t travel to the capital of Ireland,” writes Book Riot’s Erika Harlitz-Kern, “without the Book of Kells being mentioned. And rightfully so.”
The ancient masterpiece is a stunning example of Hiberno-Saxon style, thought to have been composed on the Scottish island of Iona in 806, then transferred to the monastery of Kells in County Meath after a Viking raid (a story told in the marvelous animated film The Secret of Kells). Consisting mainly of copies of the four gospels, as well as indexes called “canon tables,” the manuscript is believed to have been made primarily for display, not reading aloud, which is why “the images are elaborate and detailed while the text is carelessly copied with entire words missing or long passages being repeated.”
Its exquisite illuminations mark it as a ceremonial object, and its “intricacies,” argue Trinity College Dublin professors Rachel Moss and Fáinche Ryan, “lead the mind along pathways of the imagination…. You haven’t been to Ireland unless you’ve seen the Book of Kells.” This may be so, but thankfully, in our digital age, you need not go to Dublin to see this fabulous historical artifact, or a digitization of it at least, entirely viewable at the online collections of the Trinity College Library. (When you click on the previous link, make sure you scroll down the page.) The pages, originally captured in 1990, “have recently been rescanned,” Trinity College Library writes, using state-of-the-art imaging technology. These new digital images offer the most accurate high-resolution images to date, providing an experience second only to viewing the book in person.”
What makes the Book of Kells so special, reproduced “in such varied places as Irish national coinage and tattoos?” asks Professors Moss and Ryan. “There is no one answer to these questions.” In their free online course on the manuscript, these two scholars of art history and theology, respectively, do not attempt to “provide definitive answers to the many questions that surround it.” Instead, they illuminate its history and many meanings to different communities of people, including, of course, the people of Ireland. “For Irish people,” they explain in the course trailer above, “it represents a sense of pride, a tangible link to a positive time in Ireland’s past, reflected through its unique art.”
But while the Book of Kells is still a modern “symbol of Irishness,” it was made with materials and techniques that fell out of use several hundred years ago, and that were once spread far and wide across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. In the video above, Trinity College Library conservator John Gillis shows us how the manuscript was made using methods that date back to the “development of the codex, or the book form.” This includes the use of parchment, in this case calf skin, a material that remembers the anatomical features of the animals from which it came, with markings where tails, spines, and legs used to be.
The Book of Kells has weathered the centuries fairly well, thanks to careful preservation, but it’s also had perhaps five rebindings in its lifetime. “In its original form,” notes Harlitz-Kern, the manuscript “was both thicker and larger. Thirty folios of the original manuscript have been lost through the centuries and the edges of the existing manuscript were severely trimmed during a rebinding in the nineteenth century.” It remains, nonetheless, one of the most impressive artifacts to come from the age of the illuminated manuscript, “described by some,” says Moss and Ryan, “as the most famous manuscript in the world.” Find out why by seeing it (virtually) for yourself and learning about it from the experts above.
For anyone interested in getting a copy of The Book of Kells in a nice print format, see The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin.
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Read More...Behold the First American Board Game, Travellers’ Tour Through the United States (1822)
Asked to name a classic American board game, most of us would first think of Monopoly, whose imagery and verbiage — Park Place, Rich Uncle Pennybags, “Do not pass go” — has worked its way deep into the culture since Parker Brothers brought it to market in 1935. Despite that, it isn’t the oldest American board game: that honor goes to Travellers’ Tour Through the United States, which came out more than a century earlier, in 1822. Whereas Monopoly teaches its players about real-estate values in Depression-era Atlantic City (as well as a thing or two about capitalism), the older game took a larger subject for its educational ambitions: the whole of the United States of America.
Of course, that whole was a lot smaller back in 1822, the year after Missouri became the 24th state. Travellers’ Tour Through the United States presents its two-to-four players with the task of traversing the young country, beginning in Washington and ending in New Orleans. This is done by spinning something called a “teetotum,” a kind of hybrid between a top and a die, designed to hedge against the sinful associations of gambling. The player then moves ahead according to the distance shown on the teetotum, but must name the unlabeled city on which they’ve landed — and, in a more challenging variation, guess its population — in order to remain there.
As they move their pieces across the country, players can also read the included descriptions of each city, town, and region through which they pass. “Promoting the value of education, the game highlights institutions of learning,” writes Smithsonian.com’s Matthew Wynn Sivils. “Philadelphia’s ‘literary and benevolent institutions are numerous and respectable.’ Providence boasts ‘Brown University, a respectable literary institution.’ ” Making their way south, “players learn about Richmond’s ‘fertile backcountry’ and the ‘polished manners and unaffected hospitality’ of the citizens of Charleston. Savannah ‘contains many splendid edifices’ and Columbia’s ‘South Carolina College … bids fair to be a valuable institution.’ ”
As clear-eyed descriptions of the United States in the early nineteenth century, these fall somewhat short of Tocqueville — but then, they were written almost a decade before Alexis de Tocqueville set foot in America. Not only did the country still have much expansion across the continent left to do, it had amassed but a fraction of the power and influence it would go on to do in the twentieth century. However compelling a spectacle the U.S. had become to foreign observers, it must have inspired among its own people an even stronger yearning to understand its nature, and therefore its future — a yearning the makers of Travellers’ Tour Through the United States clearly hoped would motivate sales. As a product, it seems not to have been successful, but as an idea, it lives on more than 200 years later in the form of the great American road trip.
via My Modern Met/Smithsonian
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Based in Seoul, Colin Marshall writes and broadcasts on cities, language, and culture. His projects include the Substack newsletter Books on Cities and the book The Stateless City: a Walk through 21st-Century Los Angeles. Follow him on Twitter at @colinmarshall or on Facebook.
Read More...Roger Federer’s Dartmouth Commencement Address: “Effortless Is a Myth” & Other Life Lessons from Tennis
In 2006, David Foster Wallace published a piece in the New York Times Magazine headlined “Roger Federer as Religious Experience.” Even then, he could declare Federer, “at 25, the best tennis player currently alive. Maybe the best ever.” Much had already been written about “his old-school stoicism and mental toughness and good sportsmanship and evident overall decency and thoughtfulness and charitable largess.” Less easily commented upon — because much less easily described — was the aesthetic transcendence of his performance on the court, which Wallace thought best witnessed in person.
“If you’ve watched tennis only on television, you simply have no idea how hard these pros are hitting the ball, how fast the ball is moving, how little time the players have to get to it, and how quickly they’re able to move and rotate and strike and recover,” Wallace writes. “And none are faster, or more deceptively effortless about it, than Roger Federer.” Was that one of the observations the champion had in mind this past weekend, eighteen years later — and two years after his own retirement from the game — when he took the tree-stump lectern before Dartmouth’s class of 2024 and declared that “Effortless is a myth”?
That was one of three “tennis lessons” — that is, lessons for life derived from his long and hugely successful experience in tennis — that Federer lays out in the commencement address above. The second, “It’s only a point,” is a notion of which it’s all too easy to lose sight of amid the balletic intensity of a match. The third, “Life is bigger than the court,” is one Federer himself now must learn in the daily life after his own “graduation” that stretches out before him. For a man still considered one of the greatest players ever to pick up a racket, is there life after professional tennis?
Federer acknowledges the irony of his not having gone to college, but choosing instead to leave school at sixteen in order to devote himself to his sport. “In many ways, professional athletes are our culture’s holy men,” Wallace writes in another essay. “They give themselves over to a pursuit, endure great privation and pain to actualize themselves at it, and enjoy a relationship to perfection that we admire and reward.” But when their athletic careers inevitably end, they find themselves in a greatly heightened version of the situation we all do when we come to the end of our institutionalized education, wondering what could or should come next.
Clearly, Federer doesn’t suffer from the kind of inarticulacy and unreflectiveness that Wallace diagnosed over and over in other professional athletes about whom he wrote. In profiling player Michael Joyce, for instance, Wallace saw that Joyce and his colleagues lived in “a world that, like a child’s world, is very serious and very small” — but which Federer has long displayed an uncommon ability to see beyond. Still, as he must know, that guarantees him a satisfying second act no more than even world-beating success in any given field guarantees any of us general well-being in life. Wallace, too, knew that full well — and of course, he was no mean commencement speaker himself.
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Based in Seoul, Colin Marshall writes and broadcasts on cities, language, and culture. His projects include the Substack newsletter Books on Cities and the book The Stateless City: a Walk through 21st-Century Los Angeles. Follow him on Twitter at @colinmarshall or on Facebook.
Read More...Hannah Arendt Explains How Totalitarian Regimes Arise–and How We Can Prevent Them
“Adolf Eichmann went to the gallows with great dignity,” wrote the political philosopher Hannah Arendt, describing the scene leading up to the prominent Holocaust-organizer’s execution. After drinking half a bottle of wine, turning down the offer of religious assistance, and even refusing the black hood offered him at the gallows, he gave a brief, strangely high-spirited speech before the hanging. “It was as though in those last minutes he was summing up the lesson that this long course in human wickedness had taught us — the lesson of the fearsome word-and-thought-defying banality of evil.”
These lines come from Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, originally published in 1963 as a five-part series in the New Yorker. Eichmann “was popularly described as an evil mastermind who orchestrated atrocities from a cushy German office, and many were eager to see the so-called ‘desk murderer’ tried for his crimes,” explains the narrator of the animated TED-Ed lesson above, written by University College Dublin political theory professor Joseph Lacey. “But the squeamish man who took the stand seemed more like a dull bureaucrat than a sadistic killer,” and this “disparity between Eichmann’s nature and his actions” inspired Arendt’s famous summation.
A German Jew who fled her homeland in 1933, as Hitler rose to power, Arendt “dedicated herself to understanding how the Nazi regime came to power.” Against the common notion that “the Third Reich was a historical oddity, a perfect storm of uniquely evil leaders, supported by German citizens, looking for revenge after their defeat in World War I,” she argued that “the true conditions behind this unprecedented rise of totalitarianism weren’t specific to Germany.” Rather, in modernity, “individuals mainly appear in the social world to produce and consume goods and services,” which fosters ideologies “in which individuals were seen only for their economic value, rather than their moral and political capacities.”
In such isolating conditions, she thought, “participating in the regime becomes the only way to recover a sense of identity and community. While condemning Eichmann’s “monstrous actions, Arendt saw no evidence that Eichmann himself was uniquely evil. She saw him as a distinctly ordinary man who considered obedience the highest form of civic duty — and for Arendt, it was exactly this ordinariness that was most terrifying.” According to her theory, there was nothing particularly German about all of this: any sufficiently modernized culture could produce an Eichmann, a citizen who defines himself by participation in his society regardless of that society’s larger aims. This led her to the conclusion that “thinking is our greatest weapon against the threats of modernity,” some of which have become only more threatening over the past six decades.
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Based in Seoul, Colin Marshall writes and broadcasts on cities, language, and culture. His projects include the Substack newsletter Books on Cities, the book The Stateless City: a Walk through 21st-Century Los Angeles and the video series The City in Cinema. Follow him on Twitter at @colinmarshall or on Facebook.
Read More...The First Recording of Allen Ginsberg Reading “Howl” (1956)
Image by Michiel Hendryckx, via Wikimedia Commons
Occasionally I slip into an ivory tower mentality in which the idea of a banned book seems quaint—associated with silly scandals over the tame sex scenes in James Joyce or D.H. Lawrence. After all, I think, we live in an age when bestseller lists are topped (no pun) by tawdry fan fiction like Fifty Shades of Grey. Nothing’s sacred. But this notion is a massive blind spot on my part; the whole awareness-raising mission of the annual Banned Books Week seeks to dispel such complacency. Books are challenged, suppressed, and banned all the time in public schools and libraries, even if we’ve moved past outright government censorship of the publishing industry.
It’s also easy to forget that Allen Ginsberg’s generation-defining poem “Howl” was once almost a casualty of censorship. The most likely successor to Walt Whitman’s vision, Ginsberg’s oracular utterances did not sit well with U.S. Customs, who in 1957 tried to seize every copy of the British second printing. When that failed, police arrested the poem’s publisher, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and he and Ginsberg’s “Howl” were put on trial for obscenity. Apparently, phrases like “cock and endless balls” did not sit well with the authorities. But the court vindicated them all.
The story of Howl’s publication begins in 1955, when 29-year-old Ginsberg read part of the poem at the Six Gallery, where Ferlinghetti—owner of San Francisco’s City Lights bookstore—sat in attendance. Deciding that Ginsberg’s epic lament “knocked the sides out of things,” Ferlinghetti offered to publish “Howl” and brought out the first edition in 1956. Prior to this reading, “Howl” existed in the form of an earlier poem called “Dream Record, 1955,” which poet Kenneth Rexroth told Ginsberg sounded “too formal… like you’re wearing Columbia University Brooks Brothers ties.” Ginsberg’s rewrite jettisoned the ivy league decorum.
Unfortunately, no audio exists of that first reading, but above you can hear the first recorded reading of “Howl,” from February, 1956 at Portland’s Reed College. The recording sat dormant in Reed’s archives for over fifty years until scholar John Suiter rediscovered it in 2008. In it, Ginsberg reads his great prophetic work, not with the cadences of a street preacher or jazzman—both of which he had in his repertoire—but in an almost robotic monotone with an undertone of manic urgency. Ginsberg’s reading, before an intimate group of students in a dormitory lounge, took place only just before the first printing of the poem in the City Lights edition.
Note: This post originally appeared on our site in 2013. Over the years, the audio originally featured in the post, along with many of the links, went dead. So we gave everything a refresh and brought it back.
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Read More...Behold The Drawings of Franz Kafka (1907–1917)
Runner 1907–1908
UK-born, Chicago-based artist Philip Hartigan has posted a brief video piece about Franz Kafka’s drawings. Kafka, of course, wrote a body of work, mostly never published during his lifetime, that captured the absurdity and the loneliness of the newly emerging modern world: In The Metamorphosis, Gregor transforms overnight into a giant cockroach; in The Trial, Josef K. is charged with an undefined crime by a maddeningly inaccessible court. In story after story, Kafka showed his protagonists getting crushed between the pincers of a faceless bureaucratic authority on the one hand and a deep sense of shame and guilt on the other.
On his deathbed, the famously tortured writer implored his friend Max Brod to burn his unpublished work. Brod ignored his friend’s plea and instead published them – novels, short stories and even his diaries. In those diaries, Kafka doodled incessantly – stark, graphic drawings infused with the same angst as his writing. In fact, many of these drawings have ended up gracing the covers of Kafka’s books.
“Quick, minimal movements that convey the typical despairing mood of his fiction” says Hartigan of Kafka’s art. “I am struck by how these simple gestures, these zigzags of the wrist, contain an economy of mark making that even the most experienced artist can learn something from.”
In his book Conversations with Kafka, Gustav Janouch describes what happened when he came upon Kafka in mid-doodle: the writer immediately ripped the drawing into little pieces rather than have it be seen by anyone. After this happened a couple times, Kafka relented and let him see his work. Janouch was astonished. “You really didn’t need to hide them from me,” he complained. “They’re perfectly harmless sketches.”
“Kafka slowly wagged his head to and fro – ‘Oh no! They are not as harmless as they look. These drawing are the remains of an old, deep-rooted passion. That’s why I tried to hide them from you…. It’s not on the paper. The passion is in me. I always wanted to be able to draw. I wanted to see, and to hold fast to what was seen. That was my passion.”
Check out some of Kafka’s drawings below. Or definitely see the recently-published edition, Franz Kafka: The Drawings. It’s the “first book to publish the entirety of Franz Kafka’s graphic output, including more than 100 newly discovered drawings.”
Horse and Rider 1909–1910
Three Runners 1912–1913
The Thinker 1913
Fencing 1917
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Read More...1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities
Take online courses from the world’s top universities for free. Below, you will find 1,700 free online courses from universities like Yale, MIT, Harvard, Oxford and more.
Note: This page includes a lot of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free version of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Certificate” (edX) or “Audit” (Coursera) option. If you take the course for a certificate/credential, you’ll be charged a fee, and we will receive a commission from our affiliate partners–Coursera, FutureLearn and edX.
Humanities & Social Sciences
Archaeology Courses
- Archaeology: from Dig to Lab and Beyond — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Reading
- Hannibal — Free Online Course — Patrick Hunt, Stanford
- Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Peter Der Manuelian, Harvard
- Roman Art and Archaeology — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — David Soren, University of Arizona
- The Changing Landscape of Ancient Rome. Archaeology and History of the Palatine Hill — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Sapienza University of Rome
- Wonders of Ancient Egypt — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — David P. Silverman, University of Pennsylvania
Architecture Courses
- Architecture Studio: Building in Landscapes — Free Online Course — Jan Wampler, MIT
- History of Architecture - Free Online Course — Jacqueline Gargus, Ohio State
- Making Architecture — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IE School of Architecture and Design
- Roman Architecture — Free Online Course - Diana E. E. Kleiner, Yale
- Sustainability in Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University Polytechnic Valencia
- The Architectural Imagination — Free Online Video — Multiple instructors, Harvard
- Theory of City Form — Free Online Course — Julian Beinart, MIT
Art & Art History Courses
- Aesthetics & the Philosophy of Art - Free Online Video — James Grant, Oxford University
- Art Through Time: A Global View — Free Online Video — Annenberg Media
- Digital Photography — Free Online Course — Dan Armendariz, Harvard
- Effective Fundraising and Leadership in Arts and Culture — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Leeds
- European Paintings: From Leonardo to Rembrandt to Goya — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- Fashion as Design — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Museum of Modern Art
- Foundations of American Cyber-Culture — Free Online Video — UC Berkeley
- In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Museum of Modern Art
- Intentional Public Disruptions: Art, Responsibility, and Pedagogy — Free Online Video — Stephen Carpenter II and Lawrence Susskind, MIT
- Introduction to Digital Photography — Free Online Course — Marc Levoy, Stanford/Google
- Introduction to Visual Design - Free Online Course — Carnegie Mellon
- Introduction to Visual Thinking — Free Online Video — John McNamara, UC Berkeley
- Islamic Calligraphy: An Introduction to the Art of Handwriting — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Malaya
- Italian Renaissance — Free Online Course — Dr. Vida Hull, East Tennessee State University
- Italic Calligraphy & Handwriting — Free Online Course — Lloyd Reynolds, Reed College
- Let This Be a Lesson: Heroes, Heroines & Narrative in Paintings at Yale — Free Online Video — John Walsh, Yale
- Modern Art & Ideas — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Museum of Modern Art
- Photography Lectures from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) — Free Online Lectures
- Seeing Through Photographs — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Museum of Modern Art
- Sexing the Canvas: Art and Gender — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Melbourne
- SmARThistory Video Lectures — Free Online Video/Audio — Beth Harris, MoMA & Steven Zucker, Pratt Institute
- Teaching Critical Thinking through Art with the National Gallery of Art — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
- The Elements of Drawing — Free Online Course — Stephen Farthing, Oxford University
- What Is Contemporary Art? — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Museum of Modern Art
- Words Spun Out of Images: Visual and Literary Culture in Nineteenth Century Japan — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — The University of Tokyo
Classics Courses
- Ancient Greece: City and Society – Free iTunes Audio – Dr Gillian Shepherd, La Trobe University, Australia
- Ancient Greece: Myth, Art & War – Free iTunes Audio – Dr Gillian Shepherd, La Trobe University – Australia
- Ancient Greek History – Free Online Course – Donald Kagan, Yale
- Ancient Israel – Free Online Course – Daniel Fleming, NYU
- Ancient Philosophy – Free Online Audio – David Ebrey, UC Berkeley
- Epics of Rome – Free iTunes Audio – Rhiannon Evans, LaTrobe University-Australia
- Greek and Roman Mythology – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Pennsylvania
- Hannibal – Free Online Audio– Patrick Hunt, Stanford
- Roman Architecture – Free Online Course – Diana E. E. Kleiner, Yale
- The Ancient Greek Hero — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Gregory Nagy, Harvard
- The Ancient Greeks — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wesleyan
- The Philosophy of Tragedy – Free Online Video – Prof. Michael Davis, Sarah Lawrence College
- The Roman World – Free iTunes Audio – Rhiannon Evans, La Trobe University – Australia
- Virgil’s Aeneid: Anatomy of a Classic – Free iTunes Audio – Susanna Braund, Stanford University
Communication Courses
- Argument Diagramming — Free Web Course — Carnegie Mellon
- Becoming the Next Bill Nye: Writing and Hosting the Educational Show — Free Online Course — MIT
- Business Fundamentals: Effective Communication — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Open University
- Communication Skills and Teamwork — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Fullbridge
- Communication Skills for Bridging Divides — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Catalyst
- Design and Make Infographics — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Michigan State
- Effective Business Presentations with Powerpoint — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Freedom of Speech and the Press — Free Online Video — William B. Turner, UC Berkeley
- How to Speak — Free Online Video — Patrick Winston, MIT
- Improving Communication Skills — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Introduction to Communication Science — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Amsterdam
- Introduction to Public Speaking — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Washington
- Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety — Free iTunes Video — Margaret Swisher and Barbara Myslik , UC Davis
- Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard University
- Rhetoric — Free Online Course — Stanley Fish, Cardozo School of Law
- Storytelling — Free Online Course — Pixar/Khan Academy
- The Craft of Writing Effectively — Free Online Video — Larry McEnerney, UChicago
Demography Courses
- Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World — Free Online Video — Free iTunes Video — Free iTunes Audio — David Coleman, Oxford
Design Courses
- Cars: Past, Present & Future — Free Online Course — Michael Shanks, Stanford
- Crash Course in Design Thinking — Free Online Course — Stanford
- Design Thinking for Leading and Learning — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — MIT/Microsoft
- Design Thinking for Innovation — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- Digital Design — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Everything I Know — Free Online Lectures — Buckminster Fuller
- Fashion as Design — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Museum of Modern Art
- Ideas from the History of Graphic Design — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)- Cal Arts
- Product Design: The Delft Design Approach — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Delft University of Technology
- Visual Design — Web Course — Carnegie Mellon
Economics & Finance Courses
- Advanced Political Economy - Free Online Video — Steven Keen, University of Western Sydney
- Against All Odds: Inside Statistics — Free Online Course — Pardis Sabeti, Harvard
- American Capitalism: A History — YouTube — Accompanying Book — Louis Hyman & Edward Baptist, Cornell
- American Economic History (Syllabus) — Free Online Video — Free Audio — Martha Olney, UC Berkeley
- American Economic History — Free Online Video — Gerald Friedman, UMass-Amherst
- Austrian Economics: An Introduction — Free Online Audio — Murray N. Rothbard — New York Polytechnic University
- Behavioral Finance — Free Online Video — Steven Keen, University of Western Sydney
- Capitalism: Success, Crisis and Reform — Free iTunes Video — Free iTunes Audio — Free Online Video — Course Materials — Douglas W. Rae, Yale
- Cost and Economics in Pricing Strategy — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: An Introduction to Digital Currencies — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Development Economics - Free Online Video — Esther Duflo, MIT
- Development Economics — Free Online Video — Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok, George Mason
- Development Economics: Macroeconomics — Free Online Video — Course Info — Robert Townsend, MIT
- Economic Democracy: The Cooperative Alternative — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Edinburgh
- Economics: Consumer Demand — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Babson
- Economics of Money and Banking — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Columbia University
- Economic Geography of the Industrial World — Free Online Video — Richard Walker, UC Berkeley.
- Economic History of the Soviet Union — Free Online Video — Guinevere Liberty Nell, Marginal Revolution U.
- Economics of the Media — Free Online Video — Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok, George Mason
- Energy Decisions, Markets and Policies — Free Online Video — Course Info — Richard Schmalensee, MIT
- Everyday Economics — Free Online Video — Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok, George Mason
- Finance Theory 1 - Free Online Video — Free Online Video & Course Info — Andrew Lo, MIT
- Financial Markets — Free Online Course — Robert Shiller, Yale (also Nobel Prize Winner)
- Financial Markets — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Robert Shiller, Yale
- Financial Markets 2011 — Free Online Video — Free iTunes Audio — Course Materials — Robert Shiller, Yale
- Financial Theory — Free Online Course — John Geanakoplos, Yale
- Game Theory — Free Online Course — Ben Polak, Yale
- Game Theory — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Stanford University
- Game Theory and Economics — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Debarshi Das, IIT Guwahati
- Great Big Ideas — Free Online Video — Steven Pinker, Larry Summers, Michio Kaku, etc, Floating University
- Great Economists: Classical Economics and its Forerunners — Free Online Video — Tyler Cowan & Alex Tabarrok, George Mason
- Greening the Economy: Lessons from Scandinavia — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Lund University
- Historical Foundations of Political Economy — Free Online Video — Anwar M. Shaikh, New School for Social Research
- History of Economic Theory — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Dr. Shivakumar, IIT Madras
- How to Win at Texas Hold ‘Em — Free Online Video — Will Ma, MIT
- Intermediate Microeconomic Theory — Free Online Video — Maximilian Auffhammer, UC Berkeley
- International Finance — Free Online Video — Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok, George Mason
- International Finance — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Arun K. Misra, IIT Kharagpur
- International Political Economy — Free iTunes Audio — James Morrison, Middlebury College
- International Trade — Free Online Video — Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok, George Mason
- Introduction to Economic Theories — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Introduction to Economics — Free Online Video — Martha Olney, UC Berkeley
- Introduction to Macroeconomics — Free Online Video — Ricardo Cabellero, MIT
- Introduction to Managerial Economics — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IIMB
- Lectures on Human Capital - Free Online Video — Gary Becker, U Chicago
- Marx’s Kapital: Volumes 1 (2007) — Free Online Course — David Harvey, CUNY
- Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 1 (2019) — Free Online Course — David Harvey, CUNY
- Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 2 — Free Online Course — David Harvey, CUNY
- Reading Marx’s Grundrisse - Free Online Course — David Harvey, CUNY
- Marx, Capital, and the Madness of Economic Reason - Free Online Course — David Harvey, CUNY
- Marxian Economics — Free Online Video — Stephen Resnick, UMass — Amherst
- Mastering Econometrics — Free Online Video — Josh Angrist, MIT
- Math for Economists — Free Online Video — Jason Kronewetter, UC Irvine
- Math of Finance — Free Online Video — Donald Saari, UC Irvine
- Mexico’s Economy: Current Prospects and History — Free Online Video — Robin Grier, U. of Oklahoma
- Microeconomics: The Power of Markets — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania
- Microeconomics Principles — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
- Money and Banking — Free Online Video — Thomas Wyrick, Missouri State
- Money Skills — Free Online Video — Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok, George Mason
- Poker Theory and Analytics — Free Online Course — Kevin Desmond, MIT
- Principles of Economics: Microeconomics — Free Online Video — Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok, George Mason/MRUniversity
- Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics — Free Online Video — Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok, George Mason/MRUniversity
- Principles of Macroeconomics (2023) — Free Online Video — Ricardo J. Caballero
- Principles of Microeconomics (2023) - Free Online Video & Course Materials — Jonathan Gruber, MIT
- Principles of Macroeconomics — Free Online Video — Thomas Wyrick, Missouri State
- Psychology and Economics — Free Online Video — Daniel Acland, UC Berkeley
- Public Economics — Free Online Video — Raj Chetty, Harvard
- Public Economics and Finance — Free Video & Course Info — Free Online Video — Nirupama Rao, NYU
- Reading Marx’s Capital: Vol 1 — Free Online Video — David Harvey, City University of New York
- Reading Marx’s Capital: Vol 2 - Free Online Video — David Harvey, City University of New York
- Sports Economics — Free iTunes Audio — Liam Lenten, La Trobe University
- The Age of Sustainable Development — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Columbia University
- The Eurozone Crisis — Free Online Video — Tyler Cowan and Alex Tabarrok, George Mason
- The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis - Free Online Video — Ben Bernanke at George Washington University
- The Future of Money — Free Online Video — Nigel Dodd, London School of Economics
- The Austrian School of Economics: An Introduction — Free Online Audio — Friedrich A. Hayek & colleagues — Recorded at University of Colorado
- The Challenge of World Poverty — Free Online Video — Related Materials — Esther Duflo & Abhijit Banerjee, MIT
- The Elements of Economic Analysis — Free Online Video — Glen Weyl, U Chicago
- The Global Financial Crisis — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Yale University
- Understanding Data — Free Online Video — Thomas Stratmann, George Mason
- Wealth and Poverty — Free Online Video — Robert Reich, UC Berkeley
- World Economic History Before the Industrial Revolution — Free Online Video & Syllabus — Free iTunes Video — Gregory Clark, UC Davis
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Education Courses
- Foundations of Virtual Instruction — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Irvine
- How to Teach Online: The Essentials — Free Online Video — Stanford Online High School
- Learning to Teach Online — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — The University of New South Wales
- Teaching Your Class Online — Free Online Video — Stanford Online High School
Film Courses
- An Introduction to Screenwriting — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of East Anglia
- Existentialism in Literature & Film – Free Online Audio — Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
- Holocaust in Film and Literature – Free Online Course – Todd Presner, UCLA
- Introduction to Film Studies — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, IIT Madras
- Philosophy in Film and Other Media – Free Online Video – Related Materials - Irving Singer, MIT
- Scandinavian Film and Television — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Copenhagen, Eva Novrup Redvall
- The Film Experience — Free Online Course — David Thorburn, MIT
Food Courses
- Edible Education 101 (Spring 2014) — Free Online Video — Michael Pollan, UC Berkeley
- Edible Education 101 (2015) – Free Online Course – Michael Pollan, UC Berkeley
- Edible Education 103 with Michael Pollan - Free Online Video — Michael Pollan, UC Berkeley
- Exploring Japanese Avant-garde Art Through Butoh Dance — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Keio University
- Nutrition and Wellbeing — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Aberdeen
- Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter — Free Online Course — Course Info — Team taught, Harvard
- Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full — Free Online Course — Dr. Paola Rebusco, MIT
- Story of a Wine: The Importance of Being Prosecco - Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Padova
- Wine — Free Online Course — Professor Maynard Amerine, UC Davis
Geography Courses
- Economic Geography of the Industrial World - Free Online Course — Richard Walker, UC Berkeley
- Geography of US Presidential Elections — Free iTunes Video — Free Online Video — Martin Lewis, Stanford
- Geography of World Cultures - Free iTunes Audio — Martin Lewis, Stanford University
- Global Geopolitics — Free iTunes Audio — Martin Lewis, Stanford University
- Introduction to Ozark Studies — Free Online Video — Brooks Blevins, Missouri State
- World Regions, Peoples, and States — Free Online Audio — Nathan Sayre, UC Berkeley
Health Courses
- Biohacking Your Brain’s Health — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Emory University
- Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Causes of Disease — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Leeds
- COVID-19, SARS-CoV‑2 and the Pandemic — Free Online Video — Multiple faculty, MIT
- Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University College London
- Engineering Health: Introduction to Yoga and Physiology — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — NYU
- Epidemics — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Hong Kong
- Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases — Free Online Video — Professor Tomas Aragon, UC Berkeley
- Exploring Play: the Importance of Play in Everyday Life — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — The University of Sheffield
- Finding Purpose and Meaning In Life: Living for What Matters Most — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Michigan
- Food and Mood: Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Deakin University
- Foundations of Understanding and Combating Cancer — Free Online Video — Harold Varmus, Cornell Medicine/World Science U.
- Hacking Exercise For Health. The Surprising New Science of Fitness — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — McMaster University
- Healing with the Arts — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Florida
- Machine Learning for Healthcare — Free Online Video + Course Materials — David Sontag, Peter Szolovits, MIT
- Medical Cannabis: The Health Effects of THC and CBD Specialization — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Boulder
- Physics of COVID-19 Transmission — Free Online Video — Video & Course Materials — Prof. Martin Bazant & Dr. Joey Gu, MIT
- Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — The University of Sydney
- Science Matters: Let’s Talk About COVID-19/Coronavirus — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Imperial College London
- Traditional Herbal Medicine in Supportive Cancer Care: From Alternative to Integrative — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Technion Israel Institute of Technology
- The Addicted Brain — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Emory University
- The Science of Exercise — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Boulder
- Vital Signs: Understanding What the Body Is Telling Us — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania
- African American History: Emancipation to the Present — Free Online Course - Jonathan Holloway, Yale
- African-American History: Modern Freedom Struggle — Free Online Course — Clay Carson, Stanford
- Age of Cathedrals — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Howard Bloch, Yale University
- Age of Jefferson — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- America Through Foreign Eyes — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Rice University
- American Economic History (Syllabus) — Free Online Video — Martha Olney, UC Berkeley
- American Economic History — Free Online Video — Gerald Friedman, UMass-Amherst
- Ancient Greece: City and Society — Free iTunes Audio — Dr Gillian Shepherd, La Trobe University, Australia
- Ancient Greece: Myth, Art & War — Free iTunes Audio - Dr Gillian Shepherd, La Trobe University, Australia
- Ancient Greek History — Free Online Course — Donald Kagan, Yale
- Ancient Israel — Free Online Video + Course Info — Daniel Fleming, NYU
- Asia in the Modern World: Images & Representations — Free Online Video & Course Info — John Dower, MIT
- Australian Aboriginal History — Free iTunes Audio — Richard Broome, La Trobe University
- Ben Franklin and the World of the Enlightenment — Free iTunes Audio — Bruce Thompson, Stanford/UC Santa Cruz
- Big History — Free Online Video — David Christian, Macquarie University
- Chinese Politics — Free Online Video — Rory Truex, Princeton
- Church History — Free iTunes Audio — Westminster Theological Seminary
- CIA in the Third World — Free Online Video — Thomas O’Brien, University of Houston
- Colonial and Revolutionary America — Free iTunes Audio — Jack Rakove, Stanford
- Coexistence in Medieval Spain: Jews, Christians, and Muslims — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Boulder
- Deciphering Secrets: The Illuminated Manuscripts of Medieval Europe — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Colorado
- Economic History of the Soviet Union — Free Online Video — Guinevere Liberty Nell, Marginal Revolution U.
- Early Imperial Russia — Free Audio iTunes — Adrian Jones, La Trobe University, Australia
- Early Modern England: Politics, Religion & Society under the Tudors and Stuarts — Free Online Video — Course Materials — Keith E. Wrightson, Yale
- Emperors of Rome — Free iTunes Audio — Rhiannon Evans, La Trobe University, Australia
- Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 — Free Online Course — Frank Snowden, Yale
- European Civilization, 1648–1945 — Free Online Video — Course Materials — John Merriman, Yale
- European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present - Free Online Video - Thomas Laqueur, UC Berkeley
- European Cultural History, 1500–1815 - Free Online Audio — George Mosse, University of Wisconsin- Madison
- European Cultural History, 1660–1870 - Free Online Audio — George Mosse, University of Wisconsin- Madison
- European Cultural History, 1880–1920 - Free Online Audio — George Mosse, University of Wisconsin- Madison
- France Since 1871 — Free Online Video — Course Materials — John Merriman, Yale
- Hannibal — Free Online Audio — Patrick Hunt, Stanford
- Harvey Goldberg Lectures (1975–1983) — Free Online Audio — Harvey Goldberg, University of Wisconsin
- Harvey Goldberg Lectures. Marxism and History: The 1970s Bootleg Student Tapes — Free Audio — Harvey Goldberg, University of Wisconsin
- Historical Jesus — Free iTunes Audio — Thomas Sheehan, Stanford University
- History of Information — Free Online Video — Geoffrey D. Nunberg, Paul Duguid, UC Berkeley
- History of Iran to the Safavid Period — Free Audio — Richard Bulliet, Columbia University
- History of the Culture of Tea in China and Japan - Free Online Audio — John Wallace, UC Berkeley
- History of the International System — Free iTunes Audio — James Sheehan, Stanford University
- History of MIT — Web — David Mindell and Merritt Roe Smith, MIT
- History of New York City: A Social History — Free Online Course - Daniel Walkowitz, NYU
- History of the United States Since 1877 — Internet Archive — Dominic Capeci, Missouri State
- History of the World to 1500 CE — Free Online Video — Richard Bulliet, Columbia University
- History of the World Since 1500 CE — Free Online Video — Richard Bulliet, Columbia University
- Intellectual History of the United States since 1865 - Free Online Audio — Richard Candida Smith, UC Berkeley
- Introduction to Ancient Egypt and Its Civilization — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania
- Introduction to Ancient Greek History — Free Online Course — Donald Kagan, Yale
- Introduction to American Studies — Free Online Video — Michael Cohen, UC Berkeley
- Ireland in Rebellion (1782–1916) — Free Online Video — More Info — Trinity College Dublin
- Latin American History through the Novel — Free Online Video — Lois Zamora, University of Houston
- 21 Hours of Lectures by Howard Zinn — Spotify — Boston University
- Magic in the Middle Ages - Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Barcelona
- Medieval Europe (500‑1500) - Free Online Video — David E. Thornton, Bilkent University
- Medieval British History — Free Online Video — David Thornton, Bilkent University (Turkey)
- Modern Civilization: 1750 to Present - Free Online Video — Lynn Hunt, UCLA
- Modern Jewish History — Free Online Audio — George Mosse, University of Wisconsin — Madison
- Pirates, Smugglers, and the Modern World — Free Online Video — Thomas O’Brien, University of Houston
- Russian History: From Lenin to Putin — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Santa Cruz
- Science, Magic and Religion - Free Online Video — Courtenay Raia, UCLA
- The American Founders and Their World — Free iTunes Audio — Jack Rakove, Gordon Wood, etc. Stanford
- The American Revolution — Free Online Video — Joanne B. Freeman, Yale
- The Americas: Identity, Culture, and Power — Free Online Video — Cesar Seveso, University of Houston
- The Ancient Mediterranean World — Free Online Audio — Isabelle Pafford, UC Berkeley
- The Ancient Greeks — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wesleyan University
- The Book of Kells: Exploring an Irish Medieval Masterpiece — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Trinity College Dublin
- The Changing Landscape of Ancient Rome. Archaeology and History of the Palatine Hill — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Sapienza University of Rome
- The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — The Universiteit Leiden
- The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845–1877 - Free Online Course — David Blight, Yale
- The Crusades — Free Online Video — Sally Vaughn, University of Houston
- The Early Middle Ages, 284‑1000 — Free Online Video — Paul H. Freedman, Yale
- The French Revolution — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Melbourne
- The Great War and Modern Philosophy — Free Online Video — Nicolas de Warren, KU Leuven University
- The Holocaust — An Introduction (I): Nazi Germany: Ideology, The Jews and the World — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Tel Aviv University
- The Holocaust — An Introduction (II): The Final Solution — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Tel Aviv University
- The Flowering of the Middle Ages — Free Online Video — Sally Vaughn, University of Houston
- The Kennedy Half Century — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Larry Sabato, University of Virginia
- The Making of Modern Ukraine — Free Online Video — Timothy Snyder, Yale
- The Modern World, Part One: Global History from 1760 to 1910 — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- The Modern World, Part Two: Global History since 1910 — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- The Normans — Free Online Video — Sally Vaughn, University of Houston
- The Peculiar Modernity of Britain, 1848–2000 — Free Online Audio — James Vernon, UC Berkeley
- The Roman World — Free iTunes Audio — Rhiannon Evans, La Trobe University
- The Vietnam War — Free Online Video - Robert Buzzanco, University of Houston
- The Vikings — Free Online Video — Sally Vaughn, University of Houston
- US History: from Civil War to Present — Free Online Audio — Jennifer Burns, UC Berkeley
- 20th Century United States History — Free Online Video — Tyrone Tillery, University of Houston
- The Western Tradition (Video) — Free Online Video — Eugen Weber, UCLA
- War, Globalization, and Terror — Free Online Video — Robert Buzzanco, University of Houston
- World Revolutions — Free Online Video — Thomas O’Brien, University of Houston
- World Civilization to 1500 — Free Online Video — Sally Vaughn, University of Houston
- World Civilization Since 1500 — Free Online Video — Thomas O’Brien, University of Houston
- World Economic History Before the Industrial Revolution — Free Online Video & Syllabus — Free iTunes Video — Gregory Clark, UC Davis
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Writing & Journalism Courses
Note: This section includes a lot of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free version of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Certificate” (edX) or “Audit” (Coursera) option. If you opt to take the course for a certificate/credential, you will be charged.
- A Beginner’s Guide to Writing in English for University Study — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Reading
- An Introduction to Screenwriting — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of East Anglia
- Advanced Writing — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Irvine
- Business Writing — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC-Boulder
- Creative Writing: The Craft of Character — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wesleyan
- Creative Writing: The Craft of Plot — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wesleyan
- Creative Writing: The Craft of Setting and Description — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wesleyan
- Creative Writing: The Craft of Style — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wesleyan
- Discovering Science: Science Writing — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Leeds
- English for Journalists, Part 1 — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Berkeley
- English for Journalists, Part 2 — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Berkeley
- Getting Started with Essay Writing — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Irvine
- Grammar and Punctuation — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Irvine
- Grammar and Punctuation Advanced — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Irvine
- How To Make A Poem — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Manchester Metropolitan University
- How to Write an Essay — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Berkeley
- Journalistic Ethics — Free Online Course — Jim Newton, UCLA
- Journalism Under Siege — Free Online Course — Multiple Faculty, Stanford University
- Memoir and Personal Essay: Managing Your Relationship with the Reader — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wesleyan University
- Press and Society — Free iTunes Audio — Christopher Scanlon, La Trobe University
- Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard University
- Script Writing: Write a Pilot Episode for a TV or Web Series — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Michigan State
- Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Cal Arts
- Songwriting: Writing the Lyrics — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Berklee College of Music
- Start Fiction Writing — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Open University
- Start Writing Essays — Free Course - Open University
- Writing in the Sciences — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Stanford University
- Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy — Free Online Videos — BYU, Brandon Sanderson
- Writing Stories About Ourselves — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wesleyan University
Language Lessons
- Arabic for Beginners 1 — Free Online Video — Darlarna University
- Ancient Greek — Free Online Video — Brandeis/Harvard
- Ancient Greek Introduction — Web Site — UT-Austin
- Ancient Languages (Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Old English, etc) — Free Web Site — UT-Austin Linguistics Research Center
- Chinese for Beginners – Free Online Video/MOOC — Peking University
- More Chinese for Beginners – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Peking University
- Beginner’s Chinese - Free iTunes Audio — Open University
- Chinese Course — Seton Hall
- Beginning Chinese — Free iTunes Audio — Seton Hall
- Beginning Chinese Reader — Free iTunes Audio — Seton Hall
- Intermediate Chinese — Free iTunes Audio — Seton Hall
- Intermediate Chinese Reader — Free iTunes Audio — Seton Hall
- Advanced Chinese — Free iTunes Audio — Seton Hall
- Advanced Chinese Reader — Free iTunes Audio — Seton Hall
- Chinese: Start Talking with 1.3 Billion People - Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Tsinghua University
- Fall in Love With Mandarin — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — National Chiao Tung University
- Introduction to Dutch — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Groningen
- Basic English 1: Elementary — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — King’s College London.
- Basic English 2: Pre-Intermediate — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — King’s College London
- Business English: Finance and Economics – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Arizona State
- English for Academic Study — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Coventry University
- English for Business and Entrepreneurship – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania
- English for Business Networking — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — The University of Washington
- English for Career Development – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania
- English for Healthcare — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — King’s College London
- English for Journalism – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania
- English for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania
- English Pronunciation in a Global World — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Write Professional Emails in English — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Georgia Tech
- Speak English Professionally: In Person, Online & On the Phone – MOOC/Online Course — University of Georgia
- French in Action — Free Online Video — Yale University
- Foundations of French for Global Communication — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — King’s College London
- Francais interactif – Web Site — UT-Austin
- Introduction to Frisian — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — The University of Groningen
- Icelandic Online - Web Site — University of Iceland
- Irish 101: An Introduction to Irish Language and Culture — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Dublin City University
- Italian Language and Culture: Beginner — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wellesley College
- Italian Language and Culture: Intermediate — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wellesley College
- Italian Language and Culture: Advanced — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wellesley College
- Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full — Free Online Video & Course Info — MIT, Dr. Paola Rebusco
- First Step Korean — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Yonsei University
- Introduction to Korean 1— Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Hanyang University
- Introduction to Korean: 2 — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Hanyang University
- Introduction to Norwegian — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Oslo
- Introduction to Norwegian 2 — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Oslo
- Norwegian on the Web — Web Site — Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Portuguese Podcast Lessons: Língua da Gente — Tunes Free — Web site - UT-Austin
- Basic Spanish 1: Getting Started – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University Polytechnica Valencia
- Basic Spanish 2: One Step Further – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University Polytechnica Valencia
- Basic Spanish 3: Getting there – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University Polytechnica Valencia
- Thai: Let’s Learn Thai Language — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Universiti Malaya
- Tracing the History of the Italian Language: From Dante to the Present Day — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Padua
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Law Courses
- A Law Student’s Toolkit — Free Online Video — Ian Ayres, Yale
- Artificial Intelligence and Law — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Lund University
- Capital Punishment: Race, Poverty, & Disadvantage — Free Online Video — More Course Info — Stephen Bright, Yale Law
- Climate Change: Law and Policy — Free Online Video — Multiple faculty, UC Berkeley
- CopyrightX — Free Online Video — Course Info — Prof. William Fisher, Harvard Law School
- Environmental Law and Policy - Free Online Video — Bob Infelise, UC Berkeley
- Environmental Politics and Law - Free Online Video — Free iTunes Video — Free iTunes Audio — Course Materials — John P. Wargo, Yale
- Introduction to Copyright Law — Free Online Video — Keith Winstein, MIT
- Labor Law and Employment Discrimination — Free Online Video — Greggory Groves, Missouri State
- Politics and Media Freedom — Free Online Video — Richard Barbrook, University of Westminster
- Progressive Alternatives: Institutional Reconstruction Today — Free Online Video — Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Harvard
- Race, Gender and Invisibility: Why Intersectionality Matters — Free Online Video — Kimberlé Crenshaw, UCLA/Columbia Law School
- Theories of Law and Society — Free Online Audio — David Lieberman, UC Berkeley
- Video Game Law — Free Online Video — Jon Festinger, University of British Columbia/Centre for Digital Media
Literature Courses
- American Literature I: Beginnings to Civil War - Free Online Video — Cyrus Patell, NYU
- American Passages: A Literary Survey — Free Online Video — Multiple profs, Annenberg Learner
- Approaching Shakespeare — Free iTunes Audio — Free Online Audio — Emma Smith, Oxford
- British and American Poetry: 1900 to the Present — Free Online Audio — Charles Altieri, UC Berkeley
- Chaucer — iTunes Audio — Princeton, John Fleming
- Cervantes’ Don Quixote - Free Online Video + Course Info — Roberto González Echevarría, Yale
- Contemporary American Literature — Free Online Video — Syllabus — John Pistelli, University of Minnesota
- Contemporary Literature — Free Online Video — Free Video Download - Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, IIT Madras
- Creative Reading — Free Online Audio — William S. Burroughs, Naropa University
- Cultural Studies — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Liza Das, IIT Guwahati
- Dante’s Divine Comedy — Free Online Video — Teodolinda Barolini, Columbia University
- Dante in Translation — Free Online Course — Giuseppe Mazzotta, Yale
- Darwin and Design — Free Online Video & Course Info — James Paradis, MIT
- D.H. Lawrence — Free Online Video & Audio — Catherine Brown, Oxford
- Dracula (by Bram Stoker) — Free Online Video — Mythgard Academy
- Dune (Novel by Frank Herbert) — Free Online Video/Audio + Lecture Slides — Corey Olson, Mythgard Academy
- Epics of Rome — Free iTunes Audio — Rhiannon Evans, LaTrobe University-Australia
- Existentialism in Literature & Film - Free Online Audio — Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
- Expansive Poetics — Free Online Audio — Allen Ginsberg, Naropa University
- Faeirie and Fantasy — Free Online Video & Audio — Corey Olsen, Washington College
- Fiction for Young Adults — Free iTunes Audio — David Beagley, La Trobe University — Austrialia
- From Gods and Back - Free Online Audio — Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
- Genres in Children’s Literature — Free iTunes Audio — David Beagley, La Trobe University — Austrialia
- George Eliot — Free Online Audio — Catherine Brown, Oxford
- Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner — Free Online Video — Course Materials — Wai Chee Dimock, Yale
- History of Children’s Literature — Free iTunes Audio — David Beagley, La Trobe University — Australia
- Holocaust in Film and Literature — Free Online Video — Todd Presner, UCLA
- History of Poetry — Free Online Audio — Allen Ginsberg, Naropa
- How Stories Seduce Us — Free Online Video — Stanley Fish, NYU
- Introduction to Literature and the Environment — Free Online Video — Ken Hiltner, Princeton
- Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture — Free Online Audio — John Wallace, UC Berkeley
- Introduction to Pre-Modern Japanese Literature and Culture — Free Online Audio - John Wallace, UC Berkeley
- Introduction to Theory of Literature — Free Online Course — Paul H. Fry, Yale
- Introduction to U.S. Multicultural Literatures — Free Online Video — John Pistelli, University of Minnesota
- Invitation to World Literature — Free Online Video — David Damrosch, Harvard
- Jack Kerouac — Free Online Audio Part 1 and Part 2 — Allen Ginsberg, Naropa University
- Japanese Culture Through Rare Books — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Keio University
- Latin American History through the Novel — Free Online Video — Lois Zamora, University of Houston
- La Préparation du roman, in French (1978–80) — Free Online Audio — Roland Barthes, Collège de France
- Literary History of the Beats — Free Online Audio — Naropa University, Allen Ginsberg
- Literature and Form — Free Online Video & Audio — Free iTunes Video — Free iTunes Audio — Catherine Brown, Oxford
- Literature and Psychoanalysis — Free Online Audio — John Fletcher, University of Warwick
- Lord of the Rings II: The Two Towers — Free Online Video — Corey Olsen, Washington College
- Lord of the Rings III: Return of the King — Free Online Video — Corey Olsen, Washington College
- Milton — Free Online Video - Free iTunes Video — Course Materials — John Rogers, Yale
- Modern Masterpieces of World Literature — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Modern & Contemporary American Poetry — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania
- Modern Poetry - Free Online Video — Course Materials — Langdon Hammer, Yale
- Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre — Free iTunes Audio — Free Online Audio — Multiple profs, Oxford
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- General Human Anatomy/Integrative Biology — Free Online Video — Marian Diamond, UC Berkeley
- Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Agriculture, and Law — Free Online Video — Robert B. Goldberg, UCLA
- Genomes and Diversity — Free Course Info & Video — Mark Siegal, NYU
- Genomics & Computational Biology — Free YouTube — Free Online Course Info & Audio — George Church, MIT
- Genomic Medicine — Free Online Audio — Isaac Kohane, MIT
- Getting Started in Crypto-EM — Free Online Course - Grant Jensen, Caltech
- Getting Up to Speed in Biology — Free Online Course — Free Online Video — Prof. Hazel Sive, MIT
- Global Problems of Population Growth — Free Online Video — Free iTunes Audio — Free iTunes Video — Course Materials - Robert Wyman, Yale
- Growing Up in the Universe — Free Online Video — Richard Dawkins, Oxford
- Human Behavioral Biology — Various formats - Robert Sapolsky, Stanford
- Introduction to Biochemistry — Free Online Video — Kevin Ahern, Oregon State
- Introductory Biology (2018) - Free Online Video & Course Info — Multiple professors, MIT
- Introduction to Biology — Free Web Course — Carnegie Mellon
- Introduction to Genetics and Evolution — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Duke University
- Introduction to Human Nutrition — Free Online Audio — Nancy Amy, UC Berkeley
- Life, Concepts and Issues: Introduction to Life Sciences for Non-Science Majors — Free Online Video — Jay Phelan, UCLA
- Molecular and Cell Biology — Free Audio — UC Berkeley, Multiple Profs
- Principles of Human Nutrition — Free iTunes Audio — Regina Belski, La Trobe University — Australia
- Replaceable You: Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering — Free iTunes Audio — Jill Helms, Stanford
- Straight Talk About Stem Cells — Free iTunes Audio - Christopher Scott, Stanford
- Stem Cells: Policy and Ethics - Free iTunes Audio — Christopher Scott, Stanford
- The Biology of Consciousness — Free Online Video — Christof Koch, Allen Institute for Brain Science/ World Science U
- The Brain: A User’s Guide — Free iTunes Video — Barry Jacobs, Princeton
- The Human Brain — Free Online Video — Professor Nancy Kanwisher, MIT
- The Future of Human Health — Free Online Video — Free iTunes Video — Jennifer Raymond, Stanford
- The Physics of COVID-19 Transmission — Free Online Video + Course Materials — Prof. Martin Bazant and Dr. Joey Gu, MIT
- The Stanford Mini Med School (Fall) — Free Online Video — Multiple Professors
- The Stanford Mini Med School (Winter) — Free Online Video — Multiple Professors
- The Stanford Mini Med School (Spring) - Free Online Video — Multiple Professors
- The Stanford Mini Med School: The Heart — Free iTunes Video — Multiple Professors
Bookmark our collection of free online courses in Biology.
Note: This section includes Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free version of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Certificate” (edX) or “Audit” (Coursera) option. If you opt to take the course for a certificate/credential, you will be charged.
- An Introduction to Consumer Neuroscience & Neuromarketing — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Copenhagen
- Advanced Business Strategy — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- Agile Meets Design Thinking — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- Becoming a Changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Cape Town
- Blitzscaling — Free Online Video — Reid Hoffman, Stanford
- Blockchain and Money — Free Online Video — Gary Gensler, MIT
- Budgeting and Scheduling Projects — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Irvine
- Building a Business — Free Online Audio — Oxford University
- Building a Business: Moving Your Product to the Market — Free Online Audio — Free Tunes Audio — Oxford University
- Building a Data Science Team — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Johns Hopkins
- Building Your Leadership Skills — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — HEC
- Business Growth Strategy — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- Business Strategy from Wharton: Competitive Advantage — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Business Writing — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC-Boulder
- Computer Science for Business Professionals — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Computer Science for Lawyers — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Corporate Finance — Free Online Video — Aswath Damodaran, NYU
- Corporate Finance for Healthcare Administrators — Free Online Video — Jack Wheeler, University of Michigan
- Corporate Financial Strategy — Free Online Video — Alternate Source — Burcu Esmer, Bilkent University
- Corporate Lifecyle — Free Online Video — Aswath Damodaran, NYU
- Cost and Economics in Pricing Strategy — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia and Boston Consulting Group
- Customer Analytics — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Design-Led Strategy: Design thinking for business strategy and entrepreneurship — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Sydney
- Design Thinking for Innovation — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- Digital Transformation — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia + Boston Consulting Group
- Effective Business Presentations with Powerpoint — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Entrepreneurship 1: Developing the Opportunity — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Entrepreneurship 2: Launching your Start-Up — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Entrepreneurship 3: Growth Strategies — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Entrepreneurship 4: Financing and Profitability — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Entrepreneurship through the Lens of Venture Capital — Free Online Video - Multiple staff, Stanford
- Excel Skills for Business: Essentials — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Macquarie University
- Financial Accounting Fundamentals — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- Firm Level Economics: Consumer and Producer Behavior — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Illinois
- Foundations of Business Strategy — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- Foundations of Everyday Leadership — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Illinois
- Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania
- Futures and Options (Agriculture) — Free Online Video — Colin Carter, UC Davis
- Global Supply Chain Management — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — N.Viswanadham, IISc Bangalore
- Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part I — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part II — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- How Software Ate Finance — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — R. Martin Chavez, Jeffrey Conn, Stanford University
- High Stakes Leadership: Leading in Times of Crisis — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Michigan
- How to Develop Breakthrough Products and Services — Free Online Video — Eric Von Hippel, MIT
- How to Start a Start Up — Free Online Course — YCombinator/Stanford
- How to Succeed at: Interviews — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Sheffield University
- How to Write a Resume — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — State University of New York
- Improving Communication Skills — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Influencing People — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Scott DeRue, University of Michigan
- Initiating and Planning Projects — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Irvine
- Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — HEC
- Introduction to Marketing — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- International Finance — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Arun K. Misra, IIT Kharagpur
- International Taxation II — Free iTunes Video — Jeffrey Kadet, University of Washington
- Introduction to Consumer Behavior — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Dr. Sangeeta Sahney, IIT Kharagpur
- Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Rice University
- Introduction to Data Analytics for Business — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Boulder
- Introduction to Financial Accounting — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania-Wharton
- Introduction to Negotiation: A Strategic Playbook for Becoming a Principled and Persuasive Negotiator — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Barry Nalebuff, Yale
- Leadership in 21st Century Organizations — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Copenhagen
- Managing Project Risks and Changes — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Irvine
- Marketing Analytics — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Rajkumar Venkatesan, University of Virginia
- Marketing in a Digital World — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Illinois
- More Introduction to Financial Accounting — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania-Wharton
- Introduction to Managerial Economics — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IIMB
- Introduction to Negotiation: A Strategic Playbook for Becoming a Principled and Persuasive Negotiator — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Yale University
- Introduction to Strategic Management — Free Online Video — R. Srinivasan, IISC Bangalore
- Investment Philosophies — Free Online Video — Aswath Damodaran, NYU
- Leadership Through Social Influence — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Northwestern University
- Legal Tech & Startups — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IE Law School
- Managing Social and Human Capital — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Marketing in a Digital World — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Illinois
- Money and Banking — Free Online Video — Thomas Wyrick, Missouri State
- Money and Banking — Free Online Video — Gerald Epstein, UMass-Amherst
- Organizational Behavior: How to Manage People — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IESE Business School
- Organizational Behavior — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Susmita Mukhopadhyay, IIT Kharagpur
- People Analytics — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania
- Personal Finance — Free Online Video — Roger Wallenberg, Missouri State
- Poker Theory and Analytics — Free Online Course — Kevin Desmond, MIT
- Private Equity and Venture Capital — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Bocconi University
- Project Management: The Basics for Success — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Irvine
- Startups — Lecture Notes — Peter Thiel, Stanford
- Startup School — Free Online Course — YCombinator
- Strategic Marketing — Contemporary Issues — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Jayanta Chatterjee, IIT Kanpur
- Strategic Planning and Execution — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Virginia
- Statistics 101 (for Corporate Finance and Investing) — Free Online Video — Related Material — Aswath Damodaran, NYU
- Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Michigan
- Supply Chain Management & Logistics: An Intro to Principles and Concepts — Free iTunes Video — Richard Wilding, Cranfield University
- Taxation of Trans-Pacific Transactions — Free iTunes Video — Jeffrey Kadet, University of Washington
- Technology Entrepreneurship — Free Online Video — Free Tunes Video — Chuck Eesley, Stanford
- The Fundamentals of Revenue Management: The Cornerstone of Revenue Strategy — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — ESSEC Business School
- The Strategy of Content Marketing — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Davis
- The Startup Workshop — Free Online Video — Free iTunes Video — Stanford
- Valuation Undergraduate — Free Online Video — Aswath Damodaran, NYU
- Valuation MBA— Free Online Video — Aswath Damodaran, NYU
- Viral Marketing and How to Craft Contagious Content — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- What is Corruption: Anti-Corruption and Compliance — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Women in Leadership: Inspiring Positive Change — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Case Western Reserve
Chemistry Courses
- Biochemistry 1 — Free Video Download — S. Dasgupta, IIT
- Cosmic Origin of the Chemical Elements — Free Online Video — Anna Frebel, MIT
- Crystallography — Free Online Course — H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia, Cambridge
- Freshman Organic Chemistry — Free Online Video — Free iTunes Video — Course Materials - J. Michael McBride, Yale
- Freshman Organic Chemistry II — Free Online Video — Free iTunes Audio — Course Materials — J. Michael McBride, Yale
- Fundamentals of Chemistry — Free Online Video — Vernon Thielmann, Missouri State
- Introduction to Chemical Engineering — Free Online Video — Free iTunes Video — Channing Robertson, Stanford
- Introduction to Green Chemistry - Free Online Video — Paul Anastas, Yale
- Introduction to Physical Chemistry — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Multiple professors, University of Manchester
- Introduction to Quantum Chemistry — Free Online Video — Prof. K. Mangala Sunder, IIT Madras
- Introductory Quantum Chemistry — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — KL Sebastian, IISc Bangalore
- Introduction to Solid State Chemistry - Free Online Video — Jeffrey C. Grossman, MIT
- Introduction to Solid State Chemistry — Free Online Video — Free Video & Course Info - Donald Sadoway, MIT
- Organic Chemistry — Free Online Video — James Nowick, UC Irvine
- Organic Chemistry — Free Online Video — James S. Nowick, UC Irvine
- Organic Reactions and Pharmaceuticals — Free Online Video — Steven Hardinger, UCLA
- Organic Spectroscopy — Free Online Video — James Nowick, UC Irvine
- Physical Chemistry — Free Online Video — Robert Field, MIT
- Principles of Chemical Science — Free Online Video — Course Materials — MIT, Catherine Drennan and Elizabeth Vogel Taylor
Computer Science Courses
- 36 Lectures on the Future — Free Online Video — Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of Wired
- Advanced Algorithms — Free Online Video — Jelani Nelson, Harvard
- Advanced Data Structures — Free Online Video — Free Course Info & Video — Erik Demaine, MIT
- Algorithms, Part I — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Robert Sedgewick, Princeton
- Algorithms, Part II — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Robert Sedgewick, Princeton
- Algorithm Design and Analysis — Free iTunes Video — Free Online Video — Dan Gusfield, UC Davis
- Algorithms for Big Data — Free Online Video — Multiple professors, Harvard
- Algorithmic Lower Bounds: Fun with Hardness Proofs — Free Online Video — Free Online Video + Course Info — Erik Demaine, MIT
- AI Essentials — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Google AI experts
- AI for Everyone — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Andrew Ng, Stanford
- Artificial Intelligence — Free Online Course — Patrick Winston, MIT
- Artificial Intelligence — Introduction to Robotics — Free Online Video — Free iTunes Video — Course Materials — Oussama Khatib, Stanford
- Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning (CS229) - Free Online Video + Course Materials — Andrew Ng, Stanford
- Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning (CS229 2018 Version) — Free Online Video — Course Materials — Andrew Ng, Stanford
- Artificial Intelligence — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — P.Dasgupta, IIT
- Authentication & Authorization: OAuth — Open Online Course — Udacity
- AutoLayout — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies — Free Online Video — Arvind Narayanan, Princeton
- Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies - Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Arvind Narayanan, Princeton
- Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Berkeley
- Bits: The Computer Science of Digital Information — Free Online Video — Harry Lewis, Harvard
- Browser Rendering Optimization — Open Online Course — Google
- Build Native Mobile Apps with Flutter — Open Online Course — Google
- Building High Conversion Web Forms — Open Online Course — Google
- Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data — Free Online Video — Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West, University of Washington
- C Programming: Getting Started — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Dartmouth
- Client-Server Communication — Open Online Course — Google
- Codecademy — Web Site
- Compilers: Theory and Practice — Open Online Course — Georgia Tech
- Computer Architecture — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Anshul Kumar, IIT Delhi
- Computer Graphics — Free iTunes Video — Kenneth Joy, UC Davis
- Computer Graphics — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Sukhendu Das, IIT
- Computer Language Engineering - Free Course Materials & Video — Martin Rinard, MIT
- Computer Networking — Open Online Course — Georgia Tech
- Computer Networks — Free Online Video — S.Ghosh, IIT
- Computer Science for Business Professionals — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Computer Science for Lawyers — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Computer Systems Security — Free Online Video — Free Online Video + Course Info — Nickolai Zeldovich, MIT
- Convolutional Neural Networks — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Andrew Ng
- Core ML: Machine Learning for iOS — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: An Introduction to Digital Currencies — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
- Cyber-Physical Systems Security — Open Online Course — Georgia Tech
- Cybersecurity and Its Ten Domains — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Georgia Tech
- Cybersecurity Fundamentals — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — RIT
- Cybersecurity Risk Management — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Washington
- Data Science (What is Data Science?) — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IBM
- Data Structures and Algorithms — Free Online Video — Richard Buckland, University of New South Wales
- Data Wrangling with MongoDB — Open Online Course — MongoDB on Udacity
- Data Visualization in Tableau — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Deep Learning — Free Online Video — Vincent Vanhoucke, Google
- Deep Learning — Free Online Video — Nando de Freitas, Oxford
- Design of Computer Programs: Programming Principles — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Designing RESTful APIs — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Design in Computing — Free Online Video — Richard Buckland, University of New South
- Developing Android Apps with Kotlin — Open Online Course — Google
- Developing iOS 10 Apps with Swift - Free iTunes Video — Paul Hegarty, Stanford
- Discrete Mathematical Structures — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Kamala Krithivasan, IIT
- Discrete Stochastic Processes — Free Online Video — Free Course Materials & Video — Robert Gallager, MIT
- Firebase Analytics: iOS — Open Online Course — Google
- Front End Frameworks — Open Online Course — Google
- Full Stack Foundation — Open Online Course — Udacity/AWS
- Generative AI for Everyone — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Andrew Ng, Stanford
- Generative AI for Teachers and Educators — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — MIT & Google
- Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Google
- Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Graphics Architecture — Free iTunes Video — Free Online Video - John Owens, UC Davis
- GT Refresher Advanced OS — Open Online Course — Georgia Tech
- High Performance Computer Architecture — Open Online Course — Georgia Tech
- Higher Computing — Free Online Video — Richard Buckland, University of New South Wales
- HTML5 Canvas — Open Online Course - Udacity
- Human-Computer Interaction — Open Online Course — Georgia Tech
- Human-Computer Interaction Seminar — Free iTunes Video — Multiple Staff, Stanford
- Learn to Program in Java — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Microsoft
- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Andrew Ng
- Innovative Computing — Free Online Video — Multiple Profs, Harvard
- Interactive 3D Graphics — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Internet of Things: Communication Technologies — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC-San Diego
- Introduction to Algorithms — Free Online Video — Free Course Materials & Video — Prof. Charles Leiserson & Erik Demaine, MIT
- Introduction to Computational Thinking (2020) — Video & Course Materials — Multiple faculty, MIT
- Harvard’s Introduction to Computer Science (2024) — Free Online Video — Course Info — David Malan, Harvard
- Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python — Free Online Video — Eric Grimson, John Guttag, and Ana Bell, MIT
- Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science — Free Online Video — Eric Grimson, John Guttag, and Ana Bell, MIT
- Introduction to Computer Science and Programming (Using Python) - Free Online Course — John Guttag, MIT
- Introduction to Computer Science: Programming Methodology — Free Online Video — Free iTunes Video — Course Materials — Mehran Sahami, Stanford
- Introduction to Computer Science: Programming Abstractions - Free Online Video — — Course Materials — Julie Zelenski, Stanford
- Introduction to Computer Science: Programming Paradigms - Free Online Video — Free iTunes Video — Course Materials — Jerry Cain, Stanford
- Introduction to Computer Architecture (2013) — Free Online Video — Course Info — Onur Mutlu, Carnegie Mellon
- Introduction to Computer Architecture (2012) — Free Online Video — Course Info — Onur Mutlu, Carnegie Mellon
- Introduction to Computer Graphics — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Prem Kalra, IIT
- Introduction to Cybersecurity - Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Open University
- Introduction to Cybersecurity — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Washington
- Introduction to Cybersecurity Tools & Cyber Attacks — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IBM
- Introduction to Deep Learning — Free Online Video — MIT
- Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science I — Free Online Video — Free Courses Materials & Video — Multiple Professors, MIT
- Introduction to Embedded Systems - Free Online Video — UNC Charlotte, James Conrad
- Introduction to Graduate Algorithms — Open Online Course — Georgia Tech
- Intro to HTML and CSS — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Intro to Information Security — Open Online Course — Georgia Tech
- Intro to iOS App Development with Swift — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Intro to JavaScript — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Intro to jQuery — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Introduction to Linux — Free Online Video — The Linux Foundation
- Introduction to Machine Learning — Free Online Video — Georgia Tech
- Introduction to Machine Learning — Free Online Video — MIT
- Introduction to Operating Systems — Open Online Course — Georgia Tech
- Introduction to Problem Solving & Programming — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Deepak Gupta, IIT
- Intro to Progressive Web Apps — Open Online Course — Google
- Introduction to Python Programming — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Intro to Statistics — Open Online Course — Sebastian Thru/Udacity
- Introduction to TensorFlow for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Laurence Moroney, Google
- Intro to Theoretical Computer Science — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Introduction to Virtual Reality — Open Online Course — Google/Udacity
- iOS Networking with Swift — Open Online Course — Udacity
- iOS Persistence and Core Data — Open Online Course — Udacity
- IT Security: Defense against the Digital Dark Arts — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Google
- JavaScript Design Patterns — Open Online Course — Udacity
- JavaScript Promises — Open Online Course — Google
- Kotlin Bootcamp for Programmers — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Kotlin for Android Developers — Open Online Course — Google
- Linux Command Line Basics: Getting Started with the Shell — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Learn Swift Programming Syntax — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Learning from Data: A Machine Learning Course — Free Online Video — Yaser Abu-Mostafa, Caltech
- Localization Essentials — Open Online Course — Google
- Machine Learning — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Andrew Ng, Stanford
- Machine Learning Crash Course — Free Online Video — Google
- Machine Learning for Healthcare — Free Online Video + Course Materials — David Sontag, Peter Szolovits, MIT
- Machine Learning with Python: A Practical Introduction — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IBM
- Mathematics for Computer Science — Free Online Video — Tom Leighton, MIT
- Microsoft Power Platform — Open Online Course — Microsoft
- Mobile Software Engineering — Free Video — David Malan, Harvard
- Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning — Free Online Video — Chris Manning, Stanford
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Andrew Ng, Stanford
- Neural Networks for Machine Learning — Free Online Video — Geoffrey Hinton, University of Toronto
- Object-Oriented JavaScript — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Object Oriented Programming in Java — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Objective‑C for Swift Developers — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Offline Web Applications — Open Online Course — Google
- Parallel Computing — Free Online Video — Kayvon Fatahalian and Kunle Olukotun, Stanford
- Performance Engineering of Software Systems — Free Online Video — Free Video & Course Info- Multiple Professors, MIT
- Principles of Digital Communications I - Free Online Video — Free Online Video & Course Info — Profs Gallagher and Zheng, MIT
- Principles of Digital Communications II - Free Online Video — Free Online Video & Course Info — MIT
- Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability — Free Online Video — Free Video & Course Info — John Tsitsiklis, MIT
- Probability for Computer Scientists — Free Online Video — Chris Piech, Stanford
- Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Michigan
- Programming Languages, Part A — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Washington
- Programming Languages, Part B — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Washington
- Programming for Designers — Free Online Video — UNSW
- Python — Free Online Course - Nick Parlante, Google
- Python — Free Online Course — John Guttag, MIT
- Python for Data Science and AI — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IBM
- Python Data Analysis — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Rice University
- Python Data Representations — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Rice University
- Python Data Visualization — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Rice University
- Python Programming Essentials — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Rice University
- Quantum Computing for the Determined - Free Online Video — Michael Nielsen, The University of Queensland
- Ray Tracing for Global Illumination - Free Online Video — Nelson Max, UC Davis
- Responsive Images — Open Online Course — Google
- Responsive Web Design Fundamentals — Open Online Course — Google
- Scalable Microservices with Kubernetes - Open Online Course — Google
- Search Engines: Technology, Society and Business — Free Online Video — Marti Hearst, UC Berkeley
- Sequence Models — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Andrew Ng, Stanford
- Software Analysis & Testing — Open Online Course — Georgia Tech
- Software Architecture & Design — Open Online Course — Georgia Tech
- Software Development Process — Open Online Course — Georgia Tech
- Software Engineering: Introduction — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of British Columbia
- Startups — Lecture Notes — Peter Thiel, Stanford
- Statistics — Open Online Course — San Jose State on Udacity
- Structuring Machine Learning Projects — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Andrew Ng, Stanford
- Swift for Beginners — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Technical Support Fundamentals — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Google
- Technology-Enabled Blitzscaling — Free Online Video — Reid Hoffman, Stanford
- The Beauty and Joy of Computing — Free Online Video — Dan Garcia, UC Berkeley
- The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Google
- The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs — Free Online Video — Hal Abelson and Gerald Sussman, MIT
- Theory of Computation — Free Online Video — Other Course Materials — Michael Sipser, MIT
- Theory of Computation — Free Online Video — UC Davis, David Gusfield
- UIKit Fundamentals — Open Online Course — Udacity
- UX Design for Mobile Developers — Open Online Course — Google
- Using Python to Access Web Data - Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Charles Severance, University of Michigan
- Virtual Reality — Free Online Video + Course Materials — Steven LaValle, IIT, Madras
- Visual Navigation for Flying Robots — Free Online Video — Juergen Sturm, Technische Universität München
- Web Accessibility - Open Online Course — Google
- Web Tooling & Automation — Open Online Course — Google
- Website Performance Optimization — Open Online Course — Google
- What is Programming? — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Writing READMEs — Open Online Course — Udacity
- Xcode Debugging — Open Online Course — Udacity
Bookmark our collection of free online course in Computer Science. Also find comp sci textbooks in our Free Textbook collection.
Data Science Courses
Note: This section includes a lot of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free version of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Certificate” (edX) or “Audit” (Coursera) option. If you opt to take the course for a certificate/credential, you will be charged.
Note: This section includes a lot of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free version of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Certificate” (edX) or “Audit” (Coursera) option. If you opt to take the course for a certificate/credential, you will be charged.
- A Crash Course in Data Science — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Johns Hopkins
- Building a Data Science Team — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Johns Hopkins
- Creating Dashboards and Storytelling with Tableau — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Davis
- Data Science (What is Data Science?) — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IBM
- Databases and SQL for Data Science — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IBM
- Data Science Ethics - Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Michigan
- Data Science: Linear Regression — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Data Science Methodology — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IBM
- Data Science: Productivity Tools — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Data Science Tools — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IBM
- Data Science: Machine Learning — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Data Science Math Skills — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Duke University
- Data Science: Probability — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Data Science: R Basics — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Data Science: Visualization — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Data Science: Wrangling — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Developing Data Products — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Johns Hopkins
- Essential Design Principles for Tableau — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UC Davis
- Exploratory Data Analysis — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Johns Hopkins
- Getting and Cleaning Data — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Johns Hopkins
- Inferential Statistics — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Amsterdam
- Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Eric Grimson, John Guttag, and Ana Bell, MIT
- Introduction to Data Science in Python — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Michigan
- Introduction to Probability — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- Linear Regression and Modeling — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Duke University
- Machine Learning — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Andrew Ng, Stanford
- Managing Data Analysis — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Johns Hopkins
- Open Source Tools for Data Science — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IBM
- Practical Machine Learning — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Johns Hopkins
- Probability and Statistics in Data Science using Python — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UCSD
- Python for Data Science and AI — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — IBM
- Python Data Structures — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Michigan
- R Programming — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Johns Hopkins
- Reproducible Research — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Johns Hopkins
- Statistics and R — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Harvard
- The Data Scientist’s Toolbox — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Johns Hopkins
Engineering (Mechanical, Civil and Electrical) Courses
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- Communications Systems — Free Online Video — Duncan MacFarlane, The University of Texas at Dallas
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Environment & Natural Resources Courses
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Math Courses
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- Statistics — Open Online Course — San Jose State on Udacity
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Physics Courses
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- How Black Holes Became Real — Free Online Video — Priyamvada Natarajan, Yale/World Science U
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- Introduction to Astrophysics — Free Online Audio — Joshua Bloom, UC Berkeley
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- New Adventures in Spacetime — Web Video — Eleanor Knox, King’s College London
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- Physics: What We Still Don’t Know — Web Video — David Tong, Cambridge
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- Quantum Theory — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Prasanta Tripathy, IIT Madras
- Physics I: Classical Mechanics — Free Online Video — Walter Lewin, MIT
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- Physics for Future Presidents — Free Online Video — Richard Muller, UC Berkeley
- Physics for the 21st Century — Free Online Video & Course Materials — Matthew H. Schneps — Harvard/Smithsonian
- Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I — Free Online Video — Hong Liu, MIT
- Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter — Free Online Video — Team taught, Harvard
- Soft X‑Rays and Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation — Free Online Video — David Attwood, UC Berkeley
- Solid State Basics - Free iTunes Video - Free Online Video & Course Info — Steven Simon, Oxford
- Space, Time and Einstein — Free Online Video — Brian Greene, Columbia/World Science U
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- Special Theory of Relativity — Free Online Video — Free Video Download — Shiva Prasad, IIT Bombay
- Statistical Mechanics I: Statistical Mechanics of Particles — Free Online Video — Free Online Video + Course Materials — Mehran Kardar, MIT
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- Stephen Hawking Lectures on Black Holes — Free Online Video — Stephen Hawking, Cambridge
- String Theory and Holograhic Duality - Free Online Video — Free Online Video + Course Info — Hong Liu, MIT
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- The Black Hole Information Paradox — Free Online Video — Samir Mathur, Ohio State/ World Science U
- The Challenging Search for Elusive Dark Matter — Free Online Video — Katherine Freese, University of Texas at Austin/ World Science U
- The Character of Physical Law — Free Online Video — Richard Feynman, Cornell
- The Dark Side of the Universe — Free Online Video — Michael Turner, U Chicago/World Science U
- The Early Universe — Free Online Video — Course Info — Alan Guth, MIT
- The Edges of the Universe — Free Online Video — Andrew Strominger, Harvard/World Science U
- The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat — Text/Web — Richard Feynman, Caltech
- The Mechanical Universe — Free Online Video — CalTech, David Goodstein
- The Monster at the Heart of our Galaxy — Free Online Video — Andrea Ghez, UCLA/ World Science U
- The Past and Future of Unification — Free Online Video — Robbert Dijkgraaf, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton
- The Physics of COVID-19 Transmission — Free Online Video + Course Materials — Prof. Martin Bazant and Dr. Joey Gu, MIT
- The World in Eleven Dimensions — Free Online Video - Michael Duff, Imperial College London
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- Why the World Exists — Free Online Video — John Ellis, Kings College London
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Psychology & Neuroscience Courses
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- An Introduction to Consumer Neuroscience & Neuromarketing — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Copenhagen
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- Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory — Free Online Video — William Grisham, UCLA
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- Coding and Vision I — Free Online Video — Christof Koch & R. Clay Reid, Allen Institute for Brain Science
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- Cultural Psychology — Free Online Video — Herb Agan, U. of Houston
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- How to Think About Dubious Claims — Free Online Video — Related Materials — Ray Hyman, University of Oregon
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- Know Thyself — The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Unconscious — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Edinburgh
- Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — McMaster University and UCSD — Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski
- Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (2017) — Free Online Video — Jordan Peterson, University of Toronto
- Maps of Meaning (2014) — Free Online Video — Jordan Peterson, University of Toronto
- Maps of Meaning (2016) — Free Online Video — Jordan Peterson, University of Toronto
- Maps of Meaning (1996) — Free Online Video — Jordan Peterson, Harvard
- Medical Neuroscience — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Duke University
- Moralities of Everyday Life — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Yale
- Nine Myths About Schizophrenia — Web Video — Richard Bentall, University of Liverpool
- Neuroscience and Behavior — Free Online Audio & Course Info — Gerald Schneider, MIT
- Neuroscience and Free Will — Free Online Video — Alfred Mele, World Science U/Florida State
- Personality and Its Transformations (2016) — Free Online Video — Jordan Peterson, University of Toronto
- Personality and Its Transformations (2017) — Free Online Video — Jordan Peterson, University of Toronto
- Positive Psychology — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — UNC Chapel Hill
- Positive Psychology: Martin E. P. Seligman’s Visionary Science — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania
- Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Pennsylvania
- Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — The University of Sydney
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- Psychological First Aid — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Johns Hopkins
- Psychology Fundamentals — Free Online Video — Mark Steyvers, UC-Irvine
- Psychology of Gender — Free Online Video — Herb Agan, University of Houston
- Psychology and Religion — Free Online Video — Jordan Peterson, University of Toronto
- Psychology of Personality — Free Online Video — Edward Sheridan, University of Houston
- Sensory Systems — Free Online Video — Course Info — Peter Schiller, MIT
- Social Psychology — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wesleyan
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- Synapses, Neurons and Brains — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Hebrew University
- The Arts and Science of Relationships: Understanding Human Needs — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Toronto
- The Biology of Consciousness — Free Online Video — Christof Koch, CalTech/World Science U
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- The New Psychology of Depression - Free iTunes Audio — Free Online Audio — Mark Williams and Danny Penman, Oxford
- The Psychology, Biology and Politics of Food — Free Online Video & Course Materials — YouTube playlist of 2024 lectures — Professor Kelly D. Brownell, Yale
- The Science of Psychedelics — Free Online Video — David Nutt
- The Science of Well-Being — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Laurie Santos, Yale
- The World of Abnormal Psychology — Free Online Video — Philip Zimbardo, Stanford
- Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — University of Chicago
- Understanding Memory: Explaining the Psychology of Memory through Movies — Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Wesleyan
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How Being Bilingual Helps Your Brain (Even If You Learn a New Language in Adulthood)
There was a time in America, not so very long ago, when conventional wisdom discouraged immigrants from speaking the language of the old country at home. In fact, “it used to be thought that being bilingual was a bad thing, that it would confuse or hold people back, especially children. Turns out we couldn’t have been more wrong.” These words are spoken by one of the variety of multilingual narrators of the recent BBC Ideas video above, which explains “why being bilingual is good for your brain” — not just if you pick up a second language in childhood, but also, and differently, if you deliberately study it as an adult.
“Learning a new language is an exercise of the mind,” says Li Wei of the Institute of Education at University College London. “It’s the mental equivalent of going to a gym every day.” In the bilingual brain, “all our languages are active, all at the same time.” (This we hear simultaneously in English and the professor’s native Mandarin.) “The continual effort of suppressing a language when speaking another, along with the mental challenge that comes with regularly switching between languages, exercises our brain. It improves our concentration, problem-solving, memory, and in turn, our creativity.”
In this century, some of the key discoveries about the benefits of bilingualism owe to the research of York University cognitive scientist Ellen Bialystok and her collaborators. Speaking a foreign language, she explains in this Guardian interview, requires using the brain’s “executive control system, whose job it is to resolve competition and focus attention. If you’re bilingual, you are using this system all the time, and that enhances and fortifies it.” In one study, she and her team found that bilinguals with advanced Alzheimer’s could function at the same cognitive levels with milder degrees of the same condition. “That’s the advantage: they could cope with the disease better.”
Mastering a foreign language is, of course, an aspiration commonly held but seldom realized. Based on personal experience, I can say that nothing does the trick quite like moving to a foreign country. But even if you’d rather not pull up stakes, you can benefit from the fact that the internet now provides the greatest, most accessible abundance of language-learning resources and tools humanity has ever known — an abundance you can start exploring right here at Open Culture. If it feels overwhelming to choose just one foreign language from this world of possibilities, feel free to use my system: study seven of them, one for each day of the week. Now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s Tuesday, which means I’ve got some français à apprendre.
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Based in Seoul, Colin Marshall writes and broadcasts on cities, language, and culture. His projects include the Substack newsletter Books on Cities, the book The Stateless City: a Walk through 21st-Century Los Angeles and the video series The City in Cinema. Follow him on Twitter at @colinmarshall or on Facebook.
Read More...Free Download: A Knitting Pattern for a Sweater Depicting an Iconic Cover of George Orwell’s 1984
It’s winter, and we still have a ways to go. So maybe we could interest you in a free knitting pattern that depicts a vintage Penguin Classics cover of George Orwell’s <i>1984</i>. A college student gave it a go and posted the results on Reddit. It’s pretty swellegant. You can download the pattern here.
Please note, “The pattern includes extra alphabet charts so that you can customise the title and author to your favourite book.”
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